Senior New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor on Thursday said his team will have to produce something special in the Test series to beat India in India for the first time.
Asked whether winning the series have become tougher for visiting teams in recent times, Taylor said it was difficult to pinpoint a reason for the prevailing trend.
"I don't know if there is one particular reason. If you referring to India, they are just a very good team and it is hard to beat them at home. In terms of overseas victory for us, we have not won a lot of series, we have won Tests overseas but series have been hard to come by. But that is the challenge of Test cricket. Hope we play good cricket here," he said. The biggest challenge for Taylor and other batsmen will be to tackle the quality Indian spinners. Asked about his plans to tackle the spinners, Taylor said sticking to his strengths will be the key and one of them is the sweep shot.